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sb_fag_ends2014-12-24 03:03 am
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Art: Mars Attacks (Spuffy version)
Hi all! This is my first post, as I'm new to this community and to LJ, at least as an active user. (I'm a long-time lurker, though.) I'm not a writer, but here's my first attempt at prompt-based artwork.
Original artists: Franco Urru (art), Fabio Mantovani (colouring)
Prompt: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (2nd December 2014)
Creator: Double Dutchess
Background info: the prompt "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (2 December) reminded me of a cover by my favourite Angelverse comic artist, the late Franco Urru. He created the art for, among other things, IDW's Spike: Asylum and Angel: After the Fall. I made the following changes to his original cover (which can be found here):
1) In the original cover, Spike was just standing about doing nothing, so I replaced him with an image from another cover in which he has a more fighting stance.
2) Because this is a Spuffy community, I of course had to add Buffy. Problem: Franco never drew Buffy, because of Dark Horse having the rights to the Buffy characters. So I used an image of Beck from Spike: Shadow Puppets and did my best to transform her into Buffy.
3) To cover up the original Spike and create extra space, I had to make various changes to the background. I considered giving Spike a Santa hat (because of the prompt) but settled for making it a 'Christmas special' instead.
I know this is not the kind of thing that's normally posted here, but I hope you'll enjoy it anyway.
Merry Christmas to all!
Original artists: Franco Urru (art), Fabio Mantovani (colouring)
Prompt: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (2nd December 2014)
Creator: Double Dutchess
Background info: the prompt "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (2 December) reminded me of a cover by my favourite Angelverse comic artist, the late Franco Urru. He created the art for, among other things, IDW's Spike: Asylum and Angel: After the Fall. I made the following changes to his original cover (which can be found here):
1) In the original cover, Spike was just standing about doing nothing, so I replaced him with an image from another cover in which he has a more fighting stance.
2) Because this is a Spuffy community, I of course had to add Buffy. Problem: Franco never drew Buffy, because of Dark Horse having the rights to the Buffy characters. So I used an image of Beck from Spike: Shadow Puppets and did my best to transform her into Buffy.
3) To cover up the original Spike and create extra space, I had to make various changes to the background. I considered giving Spike a Santa hat (because of the prompt) but settled for making it a 'Christmas special' instead.
I know this is not the kind of thing that's normally posted here, but I hope you'll enjoy it anyway.
Merry Christmas to all!